Birthday fun, check! My daughter wanted to go bowling for her birthday and this was closest to home. There were 4 of us, 2 adults and 2 children. We walked in and went to pay for bowling and seen they had a Monday special. 3 activities (bowling, laser tag and gravity ropes) were included and we took advantage of bowling and laser tag. The special was $10.95/person and from what I understood, there was no time limit just 1 hour increments. While we waited for a lane we played a game of laser tag, neither my girls or I have ever played before but had a blast. We then bowled a game, had dinner and then wanted to play another game of laser tag. My youngest is 4 and it was fun to watch her with this big ole thing on her lugging around. We had dinner there but the food wasn't all that great. My girls pizza was the best thing we ordered. The nachos should've been called a bean nachos because it was loaded with beans and really nothing else. I prefer my wings to be a little more crispy but that's my preference and I should've asked for them naked and just dip it. All in all a great experience and my youngest is already planning to go back for her 5th birthday! read more

Want to drop $100 in about an hour and receive mediocre customer service? I'll tell you how!! You can play games and rides without winning tickets for a lower price. However, rides have a wait List so make reservation as soon as you get in. Bowling was a 2 hour wait and laser tag was 45 min. I had three 9 year olds and they would have staged a Full on revolt if I told them there were no tickets aka prizes. The games are pricey! Like even the super basic chucky cheese 1990s game. Basically $20 can get you 10-12 Plays on a game. Great if your 70 and you walk really slow from game to game. Horrible if your 9 because your magical game card will be at zero in about 15-20 min max. Do the math $20 bucks in 15-20 min. Option #2 is you have them do unlimited but no tickets. It's timed and everything has a waiting list. We had a few games jam while we were there. The game was right next to the service desk/bowling reservation. Trying to flag a millennial employee from the service desk was nearly impossible even if they stared right at you and no one was in line. I'm talking I was 15 feet from 3 of them. Literally one looked right at me then turned her back to continue a conversation with her buddies. Seriously?!? The guys in the ticket exchange prize store were great. Super helpful and kind. As was the young man who unjammed the machine. Too bad your first impression at the service area is 3 ladies who would rather be mingling then actually working. Not going back anytime soon! read more

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So annoyed. We spent around $250 on 12/10 for our sons birthday. Not only do they have times where you can only do the unlimited activities, they are hours apart. It's almost not worth spending the money on the unlimited. Didn't get to bowl. Did the gravity rope once. Pretty much only played laser tag. ON TOP OF THAT, I got the debit card information stolen when paying there. All the money was taken out of the account. Now, we have to battle with the bank. This place was such a disappointment. Spent so much money and time just to have money stolen. Never again. read more

Today was our first time here and their first day opening back up since Covid-19... We live in Florence but we drove here so our girls could have a good time playing some games...They have good deals & good food here...We met the manager ANTHONY he's from BROOKLYN NEW YORK he made sure we were taken care of (GREAT JOB ANT) And because he went ABOVE & BEYOND we will make Main Event our main spot to bring our girls to hang out....Much Love *SALUTE* read more

Jade and Trey made our experience at main event unforgettable! Truly appreciate customer service and these two have it!

I stopped by Main Event while in Gilbert with a party of 6 and we had a great time both bowling and playing arcade games. I thought the price of bowling was very reasonable and the servers were attentive with drink refills and food orders. I was surprised how good the food was. Great selection of bar-bites. All around good service and a fun place to hangout with the family. read more

Pros: Food was very good. The loaded fries were great and the western burger was top notch. Wished we would have saved room for dessert because they sounded good. Cons: Service, service, service. Place was not busy and we found a table right away. Server walked past us a few times and actually waited on two tables that came in after. Finally got him to stop at our table and took our order. Appetizers arrived after we got our burgers. Never checked back in with us until we paid (no drink refills). Again the place wasn't busy so no excuse for bad service. read more

Was so fun!! Went here after top golf for drinks and games for a friends bday and all of the workers were so sweet and funny! One went to the back and got my friend a prize for her bday!! Love & will def come back. read more

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My card was charged twice and I've been calling over and over and no answer. I wasn't going to leave a review but man I must say today did not go good at all. The moment I walked in it was problem after problem and it started with the very moment I swiped my card for us to go bowling. The second issue was when we got to our lanes it kept fouling us and we sat there for like 20-30mins as they were trying to figure it out and they finally moved us. The guy said he was going to credit back our hour and half but that never happened. The Third issue was the worst and that started when we went to do the gravity course, The blonde lady was yelling at everyone to be fast and she didn't give us time to finish course. For someone who paid to have fun on the course with their friends and family there is no reason we should have been treated the way we did up there. Especially when we paid for a course we only got to halfway complete! read more

Super fun! But sooooo expensive! I love the concept though. It's hours of entertainment & food under one roof! Be prepared big bucks for bowling but it's the coolest I've seen & so interactive-- my kids LOVED the selfies on the screen! The games are about 1.65/ 1.95 EACH! Laser tag, obstacle course... so fun! But due to cost it's an annual (every couple of years) place to visit! read more

Recently I went for a work party and the service was amazing. Once I got there I was slightly confused on where I should be but that was quickly resolved by the front desk workers who helped me find out where to go. The games were fun and the food was pretty good. Our hosts that were with us were very friendly as well as the girl in the food place. Remington looked like he knew what he was doing which was reassuring. As someone with dietary restrictions Dani was quick to tell me my options and seemed knowledgeable on what she was doing. Bowling was fun, we had to have an attendant reset our lane but it worked right away after that. Overall, a good experience to go for a work party and catch up with co workers. read more

Tuesday early evening I would have expected better service being that this place is dead ! We bowled and tried to call an attendant at the front desk 6 times ! No answer . So yeah that is kinda crappy ! So we had to waste time to find an employee to help ' I think a little better training of the staff may help ' They seem lost and confused ! Facility is cleanish and the assortment of games is good ! Plenty of pool tables and plenty of bowling lanes ... just wish someone would have helped us or came over after we called 6 times ! read more

BEST. NIGHT. EVER. I'm not even sure where to begin but me and all of my buddies were thrilled about our experience here. We came for my brothers bachelor party and were greeted by the manager Casey, who helped us have the best experience ever. Casey, I'm not sure why you decided to come help us but we are SO grateful. Your generosity, kindness and eagerness to help us have a great evening has made us fans for life of Main Event. Our server Maddie was incredible. She was attentive, made sure we all had our checks squared away, ensured that our drinks and food came out on time. She was very delightful to work with. The bowling crew were super helpful setting us up with games, helping us get drinks and settling on the tab. The facilitators of laser tag were both fun, funny! Delaina and her male co-worker (I wish I could remember his name!) were so awesome! All 16 of us said at the end of the night that it was one of the best nights we've ever had. We will most certainly he back and will tell ALL of our friends looking for something fun to do to head down to Main Event in Gilbert! - Jared G. read more

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The food is disgusting. Worse than elementary school cafeteria food in the 1980's, apathetic teenagers posing as "servers" and a lot of the games don't work. Unfortunately, due to supply and demand, management and ownership probably won't care or do anything about it. Nor will they respond to this with a REAL resolution, other than asking them to contact them privately. read more

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I called main event beforehand to see if they ran any specials on bowling for friday nights and the lady on the phone said no specials the best one is to purchase a wristband for 25 includes shoe rental and unlimited bowling until closing time So there were 4 of us me and 3 cousins we purchased 4 wristbands for 100 dollars and bowled an hour and a messaged popped up saying please control control desk so we went up to ask why they said there is a waiting list so you have to return your shoes and to be put on a waitlist for around 2 hours I asked them why and they said well if we have a waiting list we have to let everyone have a chance i told them why didnt who sold us the wristbands tell us this they said we will notify the staff I told them if i knew you guys had this policy i would have better off buying a couple games and renting shoes I never encountered that rule before i have been to many bowling alleys never had that issue what a complete joke read more

The most wretched and vile place it has ever been my misfortune to visit. Lousy and slow service, teens with an attitude, weak drinks, and a bowling lane that freezes up. I am LIVID. read more

I just want to say that Anthony the manager is such a gracious host while we were visiting the main event in Gilbert. We had a slight hiccup but Anthony made sure we had a great time and was so kind to our group. We will certainly become regulars and he has definitely earned our business for good! Thank you Anthony. We will indeed be back very very soon and oh by the way, our 6 daughters had a blast as well. So shout out to Anthony (the manager) at Main Event! You are awesome and we really enjoyed speaking with you. The entire staff was on point, friendly and attentive and Ben our server was wonderful and the safety procedures during the reopen of the establishment were in line with all sanitary requirements. It was beyond clean and I felt safe for my family. Thank you thank you thank you!!! Y'all ROCK! read more

I like this place. Things to do for everyone. Arcade, laser tag, bowling, billiards, shuffleboard, and some type of suspension playground. Plus food and bar. Only downside of course is the price so purchase the food and game combos. Sirloin Steak, calamari, and fries. I ordered the steak medium but it was still tough. I ate it anyway, I was hungry. Fries were good too and the calamari was one of the best I ever tasted. Wife and son got the bacon cheddar burger and it got mopped up. Daughter got the pizza and she liked it. A bunch of sausage and pepperoni. Good family spot. Reward the kids for being our kids!!! read more

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This is a good main event one of my favorite in Arizona good clean fun they have excellent beverages and when you can get the 3 for package It's even better I've never had a bedtime here the projector that projects on the floor is pretty fun to play Have A-blast in laser tag with 2 levels read more

I love the idea and all that this place as to offer, bowling, laser tag, ropes course, arcade games, restaurant and a full bar..... what I don't like is how expensive it is. I brought my son and two friends for his birthday. I am almost $80 deep and they are getting to play Laser Tag, Ropes Course and some average pizza and fountain drinks. It's not a big deal because it's his birthday but if I bring the entire family and adult beverages so my wife and I can make it through I will be pushing $300. Would be great if these event spaces could make it more economical for the masses. read more

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Danielle and Peyton were great! They accommodated our needs for bowling and we're very friendly and approachable!

Our first time going and the food wasnt great and over priced for the type of quality it was. I definitely do not like the layout of the dining room, crowded and open seating in that kind of establishment doesnt make a whole lot of sense. Took awhile for a server to even greet us.... The first game we went to play was broken and we had asked for some assistance, no one came.....we at least had fun on some of the arcade games...I personally would recommend dave and buster's over main event. More variety of food at D&B,better service and a lot more games. read more

Absolutely terrible. They offer an option where they advertise all you can bowl. 30 bucks or something a person. However what they don't say is that it is essentially a one hour lane rental. Within a half hour we were told that we could not did more time because there was a wait list. What a crooked system. Sucks cuz I love bowling and this place is right by my house...but there is absolutely no reason for you to go here. What a trash establishment. read more

I want to give a shout out to Casey St Pierre, Steve Blackstone and Derek Bell from the Gilbert Main Event location. We had the most enjoyable time at Main Event. Derek was not only gracious and hospitable towards our son with special needs his professionalism and willingness to meet Myles at his level was truly astounding. Derek and his staff not only welcomed us but took the time to play laser tag with us. We bowled, ate delicious pizza one of Myles favorite food, we played games and look forward to many more enjoyable times at Main Event. There is a wide variety of things to do not only for children but adults too. My daughter can't wait to take her soccer team back there to do the gravity defying rope course. Thank you so much again gentlemen and Main Event for an amazing fun filled time. read more

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I am not a fan of this establishment. The amount of tables they have are to little for the amount of guests. It is all open seating so the lack of table space becomes a fight to get a seat. The wait is always 3 hours plus for bowling. Even though there is open lanes. The wait on all games is 1 hour plus even though lines are minimal. Under staffed and over priced. Would recommend Dave and busters and flip side over main event any day. If you have kids in diapers be aware there are no changing tables in the restrooms. read more

I've never experienced customer service this poor. The kids at the laser tag game were terrible, they literally stared at me walking up and didn't say a word. I asked if I had to scan my card to play and they just pointed at the vests without saying a word. The girl at the ticket counter was staring at her phone and didn't acknowledge my kids trying to buy candy. Fat Cat's has much better service; we won't be returning to Main Event ever again. read more

The wife and I are regulars (at least a few times a month) and love the Gilbert location. We almost always just play the games and don't do any of the ropes, laser tag, bowling, etc...not really our thing. Some of the interactive games are in need of repair, specifically Kung Fu Panda. It's a really fun game and we love to play it, but the pads are unresponsive a lot of times, which means you can never win the bonus. The bathrooms, while clean, often have wastebaskets overflowing on a busy Friday or Saturday night. We also love the Wizard of Oz game, but sometimes find no coins are dispensing as well as character cards. For the record, this is our favorite game and can easily throw-down $100 bucks just on this game as it is super addictive and fun. Tip: Sign up for their email club as they offer some pretty decent coupons...usually $40 of play for $20. read more

If you're expecting to go bowing with an "unlimited bowling" promotion, don't!! My girlfriend, myself and 2 kids went bowling Sunday 2/28 at 6pm. We were told it was unlimited. Sounded good. We bowled one game for an hour and the lane shut off. Scroll on monitor said "Due to wait for bowling, you must leave your lane and put name on waiting list". This was NEVER said to us at all. Went to front desk. Girl apologized for not explaining policy but she would not refund or credit us due to company policy. We waited 55 more minutes on Wait List until we finally gave up and went home. I understand it's policy but it's a shady policy. First off, employees need re-training so that they can speak confidently about policy (unless maybe they're uncomfortable with this policy?). Second, it's a shady policy. What Main Event wants to do is charge as many people as possible for unlimited bowling and then "rotate" them so they can maximize profits. What most places do is have a first come, first serve policy. We payed over $10/person for sunday night bowling of one game. I know for a fact that Brunswick offers $2.75 per game. Shame on you Main Event. You're greediness cost you a customer who has supported Main Event with countless birthday parties and weekend fundays with his children. Won't happen again. Hope that greed was worth it in the long run. read more

Came at 11am. Bumpers not working appropriately. Not a big deal, everyone has to play with bumpers. Halfway through, birthday party shows next to us. The attendant/service person logs us off on accident. Makes eye contact with us and ignores what she did. Waited for someone to explain how to address our game being logged off. Waited 10 mins and then had to ask for a manager. Waited another 20 mins to pay our food bill. A discount on the food was given and another hour added to our time. Don't expect prompt service. read more

Not going to lie the first night was great. We got a 1hr card and had a ton of fun. We then did the gravity ropes which we quickly found out were a rip off. $9 for like 5 mins. Kinda sucks. However they quickly made up for it by giving us 4HRS worth of game cards. We decided to come back the next night and use our cards and left VERY dissatisfied. Half of the games were broken. The Fast and Furious game had a very unresponsive steering wheel. The Mario game next to that had joysticks that were falling off. A lot of the basketball games were missing balls. Another racing games steering wheel was falling off and some of the skeeball machines would take the card but give no balls. The 2 shooters, Alien and Terminator both had at least one the wrong with the gun. And Transformers was also broken. I know I just gave you a FAT list but I needed to emphasize just how many were broken. However we still had some fun with some of the games. Then we decided hey. We have another 2 hrs to kill, let's play some bowling. So we grab our shoes and some balls and before I go into it, I do want to stress that their equipment has probably been heavily used because the shoes were trash and the lanes were not oiled at all. My grandpa held a 217 avg for at least 7 years and a 210 for 10 years so you could say he is experienced so most of the things I am taking from him. He said that everything kinda felt off to him. It shows in his score of 170. My father also said that it felt off to him with his score being 149. So in the end, while this was a fun experience I don't know if I can recommend it with how much things were broken and how the bowling lanes were. Now that was just the fun, how about the food? That is why this place has 3 stars because their food is actually pretty dang good. We had some pizza the first night as well as some drinks and the second time some Shirley temples and again, more drinks. They were all great!!! The pizza wasn't just the cheap newspaper and cheese that a lot of places like this serve but instead was some edible pizza. At the end of the day this place is all right but I only recommend if you have a deal or if you really want to play some arcade games but even then your better buying a PlayStation, Xbox, or Switch. read more

Stephanie was our party host ! She was very attentive, organized (noticed immediately since I am not) made our visit a blast the birthday boy had a great time, the laser tag was so much fun and 2 levels heck yeah The ropes was a little scary(I'm a chicken) but my son went thru it twice the team ensured to check our ropes for safety. All the games work and just overall awesome experience Oh wait and the food on point something for everyone. read more

Way cleaner than your average Dave & Busters. Tons of games, bowling, bars, laser tag etc. Awesome for family's and date nights alike. read more

Spent $120 on day passes -- nowhere does it tell you that you can't just go on a ride. It was an hour wait to do laser tag; 40 minutes for the ropes, 3 hours for bowling. What a rip off. Won't be coming back read more

This place is incredibly overpriced, aside from that they are deceptive and dishonest. They had a special on arcade tokens advertised prominently all over the place that said "entree and $30 game tokens for $32" I asked them how to use this offer and they said "just go eat in the restaurant, and let your server know when you pay." We did that, but when it came time to pay the server said "oops, we're sorry, that special ONLY applies to these 4 'entrees'" (basically kids meals) so they expected me to pay full price instead for ordering of the menu. Not only does that make the 'deal' not really worth using, it's clearly designed to deceive people into ordering and then being forced to pay for more expensive entrees by not explaining the limitations up front. read more

Never will go there again, worst customer service, the host was like high or something, 3 to 4 hr wait for the attractions, they didn't tell a lady who paid for multiple spots that the wait was that long and she was upset, alot of the games was broken. Waste of time and left after 30 mins, STRAIGHT TRASH!!! read more

This place has a ton of stuff to do, my brother and I stopped in on a Friday night around 6 and there was already a 90 minute wait to bowl so we had to do other stuff which worked out great. We nabbed a pool table and ordered food and drinks. The food was fantastic and our server was nice and attentive, my only beef was that the pool tables are to close together and it was hard to make a few shots without poking people. We got our lane in about 80 minutes which was nice and overall we had a Blast. Nice selection of arcade games to play as well read more

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THE WORST SERVICE EVER!! I arrived at 12pm and ordered lemon pepper wings and fries and two hours later I am still waiting for my order along with others in the party. This is just unacceptable. I will not be returning here again. I get being short staffed but if a party is booked then that party should have their own waiting service. read more

Do not recommend here. I had to ask 3 times to just get food services for bowling, even for a water. Unfortunately my nachos were completely cold. Will not be back. read more

Would be good for maybe a first date night but otherwise disappointing and my kids gave it a F+. Lots of the video game machines are broken, but you won't know it until you pay for it first. The anti-climatic laser tag is in a very small room which we entered and had to actually go ask what do we do now. I went and bought a second game of laser tag, and then was told we must wait - the facility was almost empty, so this type of behavior is certainly petty and passive aggressive. I got a refund for that, and we left immediately. I threw out the unused gaming cards at home as we will never return. It's a waste of time and money. read more

I stop in periodically for family night with the kids and have not had a bad time. Staff was great we came on a Wednesday night so there was no waiting for activities. read more

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